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City council recently voted in favour of dropping the Dundas name following a staff report which stated that his actions, “contributed to the perpetuation of the enslavement of human beings.”
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That point is up for debate among historians and academics, but here in Toronto, citizens are dealing with the real-world issue of changing a street name.
When asked about the issue in general for a poll by Maru Public Opinion, 55% said they supported the idea. The poll asked people if they agreed with changing names, “if it is determined that people from even centuries ago played a role in what is considered today to be a wrong or socially unacceptable.”
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A new poll of Toronto residents by Maru Public Opinion shows that people can be fickle on renaming things even when the claim is that those things were named for people who supported slavery. It turns out, people don’t like all the costs associated with changing one of the biggest and most important streets in the city.
A poll of Toronto residents taken over the past couple of weeks shows a slight majority, 55% of respondents, favour renaming Dundas St. and Dundas Square. That majority is led by the young, the rich, and the woke.
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Such was the case with media coverage last week as Toronto Council often the epicentre of absurdity in Canadian municipal politics lived up to its reputation by voting to spend up to $6.3 million renaming Dundas Street, named for Scottish politician Henry Dundas.
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The costs will involve expunging the name “Dundas” from street signs, subway stations and other namesakes such as the city’s iconic Yonge-Dundas Square.
It will take until 2023 to come up with a new name for Dundas and complete the transformation, according to the city.
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